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seen an imported bird “ tight-feathered.” Sone have 
been what is termed close-feathered, which is a very 
different thing. The Langshan Club pod ан оп 
1 og legs ; this is also contrary to my ce of 
the imported birds, as is also that of being lo ‘aie in the 
back, Ја fact, the Club bas materially altered the 
shape of the Langshan for the worse, both in appear- 
ance and utility, the long-legged birds 
0 medium- legged 
wich I have iot if dio "bred i$ M e imported 
birds; therefore, if ап "d feel UT 
inclination to keep o dh. I would 
strongly advise them not by any means to pur- 
chase any of the stork-built sort; select the short, 
ey are most excellent foragers when they have 
the opportunity, and range far and wide, "keeping 
about” until long after sundown. The principal 
fault is, I think, their being feather-legged, which is 
rather pr) adicial when the grass is long and ^ 
though they are less injured in this way than во 
of our English breeds. am most фәне. p 
opinion that this breed would have taken 
much higher position and hold on the publie di: 
mation if it had not been for the course taken by the 
Langshan Club insisting on the long leg, the long 
back, "es the tight feathering worn, of which points 
the t imported birds i e, nor can the 
majority of poultry-keepers be persuaded that very 
long-legged birds are die profitable, wasted, beau- 
Fig 47 —LÆLIC-CATTLEYA FOWLERI: 
(5ЕЕ Р. 192 
„ "ca — not re аге рай table 
fowls, finer i e bre 
being e fibre of th t, but 
they are also wins is aal rs, and the eggs are s generally 
more fertile, I for 
years in i i the 
imported- birds belonging to Miss Croad, of 
Poling, near piesen and — е these the most 
desirable, in comparison to recommended as 
the proper ste and form by — i entm Club, I 
bave noted also those Langshans imported by Mr. 
Thompson, and of late have seen the stock of Mr. 
Lambert, also ы from im birds, 
The Langshan, coming as it does a 
what cold „ is ly very hardy, & 
^ most excellent win , 80 that the chicks 
with proper attention can be easil ised 
early part of the year; i necessary, in the latter 
Part, во as to have ear! spring chickens of good 
size and quality, 
ROSY-LILAC; LIP RICH CRIMSON PURPLE, 
tiful, or elegant. As I have said ер do not have 
that some of the hens would lay two eggs in one 
day, or rather three eggs in two days. Now after 
b-ing made а bird of “ mostly feathers,” the produc- 
tion of eggs is by no means equal to that of many 
other fowls, 
Though so beautiful in colour as the “pupus fawn " 
now is, the flesh is but of ality, and long in 
fibre, but juicy; the р coarse, thick, and yellow, the 
fat of a gold 
large fowls; the I is long - em. ys by n 
means fleshy; the gs also hile 
thigh and legs are of 33 1 Ал full of 
muscle, but by no means dry or sinewy; with some 
the Shanghaes are in favour as large-sized table 
fowls, while with — m аге held in little or no 
esteem ut this l 0 
on their first importation ES aui Аалы were 
egg WP сета, 
h 
but as large rich · ff 
the genuine epicur 
anything meritorious in ten ra but не 
that the crossing of these with our English birds, 
would result in much eL. which prophecy 
has, unfortunately, proved co 
priis , 
PRESTON MANOR, BRIGHTON. 
Wirmis the memory ral the present owner, 
the time was when scarcely a carriage came within 
eight but which was bound eiut for the manor or a 
fre equent bus- service 
to the fine grounds 8 
(once part of Preston lik), s b a, а part 
ok the surroundinge, at times perhaps too evident, 
but the £50,000 or so which т owners of the Manor 
House had for the portion forming the beautiful 
public park should EM at least, some solace for 
thelr invaded privac 
ы H E drive beneath ata 
old treer, the nding on rising ground, 
presenta ite old-fashioned pon which is not remark- 
able for architectural beauty. The other face of the 
1 2122 P" ‚ч үң R * г and wh: 
ich is 
clad with Ivy, їз very quaint and pretty, and stand- 
sents itself, The wh 
of verdant green | lawn, to the _left is a terrace with 
d with blue Lobelias 
aid of other bright flowers, the background being 
it and the other objects 
е d 
runs beda of flowers, and on the right the pretty 
walled-in gardens, in De are Ager fruits and 
hardy flowers, after the f gardens in the 
olden wows and which it is — delight of Mrs. Mac 
donald to tain. ere are Apple, Pear, ini 
other fruit генв some of them perhaps а a good deal 
b 
behind the times in quality, nev - 
grassy ог which here 
here is another с rmi edad called less. the 
the Cochin, i of Shanghae, which is its proper and there intersect the garde: 
the in Cochin-China. despegue 1 moder 
This is а large, coarse bird, and now far too much masses of perennial Sanfio: 
w without ‘any reference to usefal- which must date from the 
M — their and 
ss alos "a work ofart,” во wondrous is is the fluffiness, У; ^ season ; 
length and lightness of the plumage, the beautiful of Violets and other fragrant flowers, and among 
have been obtained by them patches of annuals, which help to pened - 
Y brilliant display. Among the shrubs, Calycan 
body; but this has not been obtained vo sacri- 
wes some of the most valuable qualitie t pre- 
5 not the least of which is ite oa 
Mes & winter layer of highly-coloured eggs in 
quado p having been not infrequently alleged 
precox is in = and the Weigelas, &c., — 
In one of the dod gardens & large quantity 
of grand plants of Richardia xthiopica (Arum Lily), 
some of which have ten or twelve crowns, is planted 
out, and a fine lot of neat plants of Azalea indica 
are well set with buds, 
